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1 1 Amend the amendment, S-5543, to House File 2494, as
1 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. Page 6, by inserting before line 29, the
1 5 following:
1 6 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 331.304B CONFINEMENT
1 7 FEEDING OPERATIONS – SITING ORDINANCE.
1 8 1. As used in this section, unless the context
1 9 otherwise requires:
1 10 a. "Animal feeding operation structure" means the
1 11 same as defined in section 455B.161.
1 12 b. "Animal weight capacity" means the same as
1 13 defined in section 455B.161.
1 14 c. "Confinement feeding operation" means the same
1 15 as defined in section 455B.161.
1 16 d. "Small animal feeding operation" means the same
1 17 as defined in section 455B.161.
1 18 2. a. A county may adopt a confinement feeding
1 19 operations siting ordinance pursuant to section
1 20 331.302. The purpose of the ordinance shall be to
1 21 allow approval of the siting of a confinement feeding
1 22 operation regardless of chapter 335.
1 23 b. The ordinance shall establish a confinement
1 24 feeding operations siting commission which shall
1 25 function as provided in this section. The board shall
1 26 appoint seven members to the commission who reside in
1 27 the county, representing urban and rural interests.
1 28 The ordinance shall authorize a county to review and
1 29 approve or disapprove the site of the construction of
1 30 a confinement feeding operation, including a related
1 31 animal feeding operation structure, pursuant to a plan
1 32 developed by the commission and adopted by the county
1 33 board of supervisors. The ordinance shall provide for
1 34 methods and procedures required for submission of
1 35 proposals, review of proposals, and approval of a
1 36 site.
1 37 c. The plan adopted under this section shall
1 38 provide for all of the following:
1 39 (1) Ensuring the preservation and availability of
1 40 agricultural land reserved for confinement feeding
1 41 operations, including for the construction of
1 42 confinement feeding operations and related animal
1 43 feeding operation structures.
1 44 (2) Encouraging efficient urban development
1 45 patterns that do not burden agricultural land reserved
1 46 under the plan for confinement feeding operations.
1 47 (3) Preserving and protecting natural resources,
1 48 including water sources and fragile environmental
1 49 locations.
1 50 (4) Lessening congestion and overcrowding of
2 1 confinement feeding operations, especially near
2 2 cities.
2 3 d. The confinement feeding operations siting
2 4 commission shall review each proposal for the
2 5 construction or expansion of a confinement feeding
2 6 operation, and recommend to the county board of
2 7 supervisors that the board approve or disapprove the
2 8 proposal based on the plan provided under this
2 9 section. The commission shall make its recommendation
2 10 to the board within forty-five days after the date the
2 11 board receives a complete proposal. The board shall
2 12 approve or disapprove a proposal within forty-five
2 13 days after the date that the board receives the
2 14 commission's recommendation.
2 15 3. This section does not authorize a county board
2 16 of supervisors to adopt an ordinance which applies to
2 17 any of the following:
2 18 a. Standards or requirements relating to the
2 19 design or construction of animal feeding operation
2 20 structures, including requirements established under
2 21 chapter 455B, including rules adopted by the
2 22 department of natural resources under that chapter.
2 23 b. The siting of a small animal feeding
2 24 operation."
2 25 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
2 26
2 27
2 28
2 29 TOM VILSACK
2 30 MIKE CONNOLLY
2 31 BILL FINK
2 32 DICK L. DEARDEN
2 33 MARY NEUHAUSER
2 34 ROBERT E. DVORSKY
2 35 EUGENE S. FRAISE
2 36 JOHNIE HAMMOND
2 37 ELAINE SZYMONIAK
2 38 PATRICIA HARPER
2 39 STEVEN D. HANSEN
2 40 TOM FLYNN
2 41 JOHN P. KIBBIE
2 42 PATRICK J. DELUHERY
2 43 HF 2494.243 77
2 44 da/jl/28
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